Delhi Development Authority Special Housing Scheme 2021

In good news for waitlisted applicants, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is planning a hold “mini draw” next month for its Special Housing Scheme, 2021. The flats are located in the areas of Dwarka, Rohini and Jasola, among other places.

In a public notice issued on Tuesday, the DDA asked waitlisted applicants to deposit the registration money only through RTGS or NEFT as payment through any other mode will not be accepted.

On April 18 this year, DDA conducted a draw of lots for its new scheme. Based on the Random Number Generation System, the draw was live streamed for the general public. The draw was held under the supervision of three independent observers.

 “The DDA initially placed 18,335 flats located in 28 localities under the scheme. In response to it, only 12,387 applicants have deposited requisite registration fees, although around 22,100 got themselves registered,” PTI reported.

DDA launched this new scheme in December last year. All units were drawn from its old inventory.

Delhi Development Authority Special Housing Scheme 2021: The wait is over, draw of lots on April 18; know how to check flats’ status

Currently, 18,335 flats are up for sale across four different categories—economically weaker section (EWS)/ Janta flats, lower-income group (LIG), middle-income group (MIG) and higher income group (HIG) — in the national capital’s Dwarka, Narela, Jasola, Rohini and other areas.

Officials said although the DDA received 22,170 applications for the special housing scheme so far, only 12,400 people have made the payment. It is crucial to mention in this context that most of these flats were returned by the previous allottees of housing schemes.

On 23 December 2021, the scheme was launched and was closed on March 10, and the number of applicants is thus much less than the total number of flats on sale.

NBT quoted an unnamed official as saying, “The DDA is going to conduct the draw for allotment of flats under the DDA Special Housing Scheme 2021 from 3 pm on April 18.” It will be organised in the presence of judges and senior DDA officials.

He went on to add that the general public can watch the live telecast of the draw through live streaming at dda.golivecast.in.

The DDA had announced the scheme through a newspaper advertisement in which it had mentioned that the flats were being sold at “concessional prices” in an earnest attempt to attract buyers for its unsold flats. Further, the authority gave the green signal to amend housing norms to allow the public to take part in its schemes even if they or their family members own a flat or plot in Delhi.

As per the DDA, the maximum price of a flat in the HIG category in Jasola is approximately Rs 2.14 crore. In the list, 205 flats belong to HIG, 976 to MIG, 11,452 to LIG and 5,702 to EWS/Janta category.

Earlier, the last date to submit an application for the scheme was February 7. On public demand and due to the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the date was extended till March 10.